In her first year as Head Volleyball Coach of Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Signe Coombs culminated the 2018 season with an overall record of 9-13, accruing the highest number of wins in OPSU recorded history. The Lady Aggies also reached the post-season for the first time to compete in the qualifying match for the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament.
A graduate of the University of Iowa, Coombs competed for the Hawkeyes as a member of the NCAA Division I Volleyball program and earned recognition as a scholar athlete. Her collegiate coaching career began at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where her team achieved the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship in 2012 and maintained a cumulative team grade point average of 3.5. From there, she served as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division II level, Missouri Western State, for three years while earning her Master's Degree. Within her first two years at MWSU, the team celebrated back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in roughly two decades, and posted their first winning season within the MIAA conference since 2000.
In addition to her coaching background, Coombs has proudly served as an Admissions Counselor, Director of Academic Services for Athletics, Senior Women's Administrator and Associate Athletic Director of Academics, giving her the tools to empower her athletes to be champions on the court, in the classroom and within the community.
Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
-Graduated from Iowa City City High, 2007
Education
-B.A. in Communication Studies from The University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA), 2011
-M.A.S. in Sport and Fitness Management from Missouri Western State University (St. Joseph, MO), 2016
Playing Career
-The University of Iowa (2007-2009)
Coaching and Work
-Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO), 2012-2013
-Assistant Volleyball Coach
-Missouri Western State University (St. Joseph, MO)
-Assistant Volleyball Coach, 2013-2016
-Associate AD-Academics and Senior Woman Administrator, 2016-2018
-Oklahoma Panhandle State University
-Academic Resource Center Coordinator, 2018
-Head Volleyball Coach, 2018-present
